Horseshoe.



L. LEHOTZKY.

HORSESHOEQ APPLICATION FILED AUG-11.1915. 1 1,170,079. Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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LORENTZ LEHQTZKY, 0F BRIDGEPORT, OHIO, AS SIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD T0 ALBERT I-IOLDERMANN AND ONE-THIRD TO OSCAR- HOLDERMANN, BOTH wns'r VIRGINIA.

OF BENWOOD,

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Application filed August 11, 1915. Serial N 0. 44,913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENTZ Lnno'rzxi', a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Bridgeport, county of Belmont, and State of Ohio, have invented cer-. tain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates broadly to improvements in horseshoes, and specifically to a horseshoe having detachable toe and heel calks.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a horseshoe having an improved form of removable heel calks which may be readily applied and detached without the exercise of special skill, and which, when attached, are rigidly and securely held against chance displacement.

A further object is to provide a heel calk which is of extremely strong and durable construction.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction, arrangement of parts and combinations of elements which will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a horseshoe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of one of the heel portions with the calk removed; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5, Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the heel calk, detached.

Referring to said drawings, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views1 indicates the body of a horseshoe which has formed on the under face of each of its heel portions an integral downwardly projecting tenon 2 which is spaced substantially equidistant from the lateral edges and the end of said heel portion. l/Vhile said tenon may be of any desired form, it is preferably of oval or elliptical form, as'shown, and has its greatest length in the direction of the axial length of the said heel portion.

A heel calk 3 is adapted for mounting on the heel portion in embracing relation to the tenon 2, a mortise 4 of a size and form corresponding to said tenon being provided therein for receiving the latter. Said calk is of substantially inverted L-shape in side elevation to provide an elongated bearing portion 3 for the under side of the shoe body 1, said shoe-underlying portion 3' extending some distance beyond the front end of the tenon and being of less thickness than the latter.

Extending lengthwise through the tenon is a bore 5 the ends of which, when the calk is seated in embracing relation to the tenon,

register with a bore 6 provided in the rear portion of the calk and with a groove or channel 7 provided in the under side of the shoe-underlying portion 3 of said calk. A pin 8 driven forward through the registering passages serves to securely bind the calk on the shoe.

The bottom of the groove or channel 7 is curved outward, as shown, for the purpose of deflecting the point of the pin 8 out of line with its axis whereby chance retraction thereof is prevented. As is obvious, when removal of said pin is desired, the same may be readily accomplished by seating a punch or similar toolagainst the point of the pin and driving the same in a rearward direction.

While the shoe may have any desired form of toe calk, I prefer to use the detachable construction shown in the drawings, the same comprising a calk 9 disposed in a transverse direction across the toe of the shoe and having a centrally located integral stud 10 seated in a socket 11 provided therefor in the shoe body. Formed on the rear face of said calk is a sleeve 12 which fits neatly between a pair of lugs 13 formed on the under side of the shoe body. A pin 14 driven through alined holes provided in said lugs 13 and the sleeve 12 serves to maintain said toe calk in position.

What is claimed is 1. A horseshoe comprising a shoe body having a downwardly projecting tenon formed on each heel portion thereof, a heelcalk having a mortise for receiving said tenon and provided with a longitudinally extending bore at the rear of said mortise and with a curved groove in front of said mortise, said tenon having a bore therethrough which registers at one end with the calk bore and at the other end with said groove, and a pin directed through said registering passages.

2. A horseshoe comprising a shoe body having a aownwardiy projecting tenon formed on each heel portion thereof, a heelcalk of substantially inverted L-shape embracing said tenon, said calk having a tenon-receiving mortise therein, and a re-v movable pin rigidly connecting said calk to said tenon, said calk and tenon having registering longitudinally extending passages therein in which said pin is received, L

formed on each heel portion thereof, a heelcalk adapted for seating against the under side of said heel portion in embracing relatioin to said tenonfsaid calli having a mortise therein for receiving said tenon, sa d,

calk having a forward'shoe underlying extension of less thickness than said tenon, and a removable pin connecting said'calk to said tenon, the rear portion of said calk and said tenon having registering pin-receiving bores therein and the forward extension of said .calk having a curved groove therein which registers with the bore in the tenon, said groove being designed-to "re: ceive the point of said pin and to deflect the latter from a straight course.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

LORENTZ 'LEHOTZKY.

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